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Dana Pennett O'Neil | Akers no fan of those FG-nullifying timeouts
Dana Pennett O'Neil | Akers no fan of those FG-nullifying timeouts
At some point it needs to be about the 22 guys on the field.
If a player wants to wave for the timeout, clearly in view of the other guys out there, that's one thing.
But if a coach wants to whisper sweet nothings in an official's ear where no one but the extra TV camera can see him, that's another.
"I've had people call timeouts on us quite a bit," Akers said. "But now it's after the kick had been made, or at least theoretically after the kick has been made. That doesn't seem fair."
NFL execs have said they
expect the rule to be looked at,
but no one is expecting a change. The original intents of the rule - to help coaches maneuver out of too many men on the field, for example - are still worthy.
Or, as Akers properly assessed: "There are a lot of rules that need to be changed and they haven't changed any of them."
The good news is, the kickers might be exacting their revenge. In the Monday night game,
Dallas rookie Nick Folk booted
a game-winning 53-yarder as time seemingly expired. Replays showed Buffalo coach Dick Jauron making like Deep Throat, practically talking out the side
of his mouth as he called for the double-top-secret timeout.
Folk lined up again . . . and booted another 53-yarder.
Fittingly, T.O. summed up the botched T.O.
"He kicked the longest field goal in NFL history," Terrell Owens said. "That was 106 yards."
Good to see ya, mate
There are not a lot of people who understand exactly what Sav Rocca is going through this season. He has moved across
the world to play in the brightest lights of the American sports world, competing in a game that he has the skill set for but is
completely unfamiliar to him.
Ben Graham gets it.
